After hours of public comment Wednesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-3 to overturn an SFMTA decision to ban recreational vehicles from parking overnight on public streets.
Advocates for the unhoused like Joy D'ovidio vocalized their opposition to SFMTA's original plan, which would allow authorities to tow RVs and other large vehicles parked on streets marked at the agency's discretion.'We've all experienced the trauma of having a car towed. Imagine having your home towed,' D'Ovidio said during the board meeting. 'We must be more compassionate than that.
Supervisor Rafael Mandleman was one of three elected officials who voted against the reversal.'I believe that we have to have our public spaces be usable for everyone,' said Mandleman. 'And I think if we are going to wait to fulfill that goal until we have a home for every unhoused person who may find their way to San Francisco, we will never achieve that goal. And that will be a very big problem for our city.
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